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Speculation is rife that Jobs will attend the event, despite skipping many Apple events, including the company's annual shareholders meeting, since he went on medical leave in January.

NASA said it has rescheduled a media teleconference to Wednesday 2 p.m. EST to discuss the first computer model that explains the recent period of decreased solar activity during the Sun's 11-year cycle.

Apple will hold an event on Wednesday that is likely to be the unveiling of the much-anticipated iPad 2. But Apple will likely face supply constraints owing to production difficulties.

Continental Airlines, recently bought by United Airlines to form United Continental Holdings Inc , has scrapped plans to launch new service to Cairo, because of declining travel demand to Egypt, which is grappling with political unrest.

Game fans hit Japanese stores early on Saturday to be among the first to get their hands on Nintendo's new 3D-capable game player, but the gadget's sales may be squeezed in the longer term by competition from smartphones and tablets.

After a moving launch, the 39th and final crew on the space shuttle Discovery is awake and ready to go on their first full day in space.

The space ship successfully launched into orbit and reached for the stars one last time.

Apple Inc., which revolutionized the tablet market with its launch of iPad in April 2010, will be reportedly launching its new iPad 2 at an event in San Francisco, California on March 2 with a launch date on early April.

Influential arts and entertainment organization, Gen Arts, announced on Wednesday that the bankrupt company has re-launched itself through an acquisition by US-based Sandow Media.

NASA is readying the Discovery Shuttle for its final mission into space.

Buzz around Nintendo 3DS has escalated ahead of the Feb 26 Japan launch, with the company releasing US launch game titles and the tech press reporting on other aspects and leaking details.

Eighteen titles will be available at launch, the company says.

NASA has begun counting down to the launch of space shuttle Discovery's final mission to the International Space Station. The 39th flight of NASA's most flown shuttle is scheduled to last 11 days, beginning at 4:50 pm EST on Feb. 24 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA keeps the February 24, Thursday date with Discovery. The much-delayed shuttle will finally take off with six astronauts and an android.

State Bank of India, the country's largest lender, is expected to launch the first tranche of its 100 billion rupees ($2.2 billion) retail bond issue on Monday, according to a term sheet obtained by Reuters and a source with direct knowledge of the matter.

HP could launch its fancied TouchPad, which was recently unveiled, by the end of June, tech websites have reported.

Verizon Wireless' new iPhone drew sparse crowds on Thursday, a far cry from the mania that usually surrounds a nationwide Apple Inc product debut.

A new 3-D television network from Discovery Communications, Sony Corp and Imax Corp will launch Sunday on satellite TV provider DirecTV.

Despite much hype surrounding the Verizon iPhone launch, few customers were spotted purchasing the device this morning.

Nokia has ditched plans for a new smartphone and compared the company's plight to an oil platform on fire just days ahead of a key strategy presentation, according to industry sources.

Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) is teaming up with EADS unit Astrium to develop a new low-cost space rocket launch vehicle that could take tourists into orbit. ATK and Astrium are working together in response to NASA's Commercial Crew Development-2 (CCDev-2) procurement and is offering NASA launch services with the Liberty rocket.